Ice, Ice, Baby: Why Is Ice Slippery?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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How does water turn into ice? Why is ice sometimes slippery and other times sticky? Why is it so cold? Why does it float? How are icicles made? Why are icebergs mostly underwater? What was the ice age? We'll get answers to all of those questions with help from Celeste Labedz of the California Institute of Technology. And we'll take a trip to the world's largest skating rink, the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio.
0:25.8	I'm Jane Lintholm.
0:27.4	In this podcast, we take questions from kids just like you from all over the world, and
0:32.5	we find answers.
0:34.2	Maybe you've even had a question answered on one of our many episodes.
0:38.3	What are you curious about?
0:40.1	If you've never sent us a question, we'd love to hear it.
0:43.0	Today, we're talking about ice.
0:45.8	Why is ice flow?
0:47.7	How are ice cycles made?
0:49.4	Why was they on ice age?
0:51.8	We'll get answers to all of those questions, and we'll take a trip to the world's largest
0:56.2	skating rink.
0:57.7	But first, let's start with the basics.
0:59.9	My name is Molina.
1:01.9	I'm four years old.
1:03.4	I even can't catch California.
1:06.2	My question is, how does water make ice?
1:10.1	Hello, I'm six and a half years old.
1:11.9	My name is Rowan.
1:12.9	I love in colesol, Texas.
1:14.7	My question is, why is ice really cold?
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